New Ship Repair Facility in Portsmouth

September 14, 2017

File picture of a Burgess Marine welder. (Photo: Burgess Marine Ltd.)
File picture of a Burgess Marine welder. (Photo: Burgess Marine Ltd.)
A new partnership between Burgess Marine and MMD Shipping Services Ltd, part of Portsmouth City Council, launched at Portsmouth Commercial Port with emergency work for Wightlink. (Photo: Burgess Marine Ltd.)
A new partnership between Burgess Marine and MMD Shipping Services Ltd, part of Portsmouth City Council, launched at Portsmouth Commercial Port with emergency work for Wightlink. (Photo: Burgess Marine Ltd.)
A new partnership between Burgess Marine and MMD Shipping Services Ltd, part of Portsmouth City Council, launched at Portsmouth Commercial Port with emergency work for Wightlink. (Photo: Burgess Marine Ltd.)
A new partnership between Burgess Marine and MMD Shipping Services Ltd, part of Portsmouth City Council, launched at Portsmouth Commercial Port with emergency work for Wightlink. (Photo: Burgess Marine Ltd.)

Britain’s largest independent ship repairer and marine engineering services provider Burgess Marine announced that in partnership with Portsmouth City Council it has opened a new ship repair facility within Portsmouth Commercial Port, U.K.

Burgess Marine Ltd. and MMD Shipping Services Ltd, part of Portsmouth City Council, launched this new strategic partnership in style with an emergency three-day alongside docking for Wightlink Ferries.
 
Burgess Marine and MMD have been building a relationship over the last few months for the use of Flat House Quay in Portsmouth’s Commercial Port. The quay, over 100m in length, offers both ‘flat water’ and 24/7 access to a 100T crane.
 
In this instance Wightlink needed an emergency change out of a VOITH unit. By using the quay at MMD, the cranage alongside, and the skills and technical engineering experience of Burgess Marine the job was able to start immediately and be completed within the allotted timeframes and budget.
 
James Brewin, the general manager of Burgess Marine in Portsmouth (which includes the company’s 1000T shiplift in Portchester and its operations inside HMNB Portsmouth), said: “Wightlink are one of our most important customers here locally and to be able to support them alongside in such an immediate fashion has been fantastic.  
The facility is ideal for commercial shipping, yachts and defense centric tonnage.

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